Overview

• Scaffolding supporting a concrete arch failed at the North Chennai Thermal Power Station expansion, causing a fatal fall.
• Police at Kattur station registered a case and sealed the area for structural inspections, with BHEL and TANGEDCO officials present.
• All nine deceased were migrants from Assam, with identities and home districts confirmed by Assam’s chief minister.
• Tamil Nadu announced Rs 10 lakh for each bereaved family, and the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund approved Rs 2 lakh for next of kin and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
• One worker remains hospitalised at Stanley Government Hospital as coworkers and officials press for stronger site-safety enforcement.